See, we lived on Madison. They lived at 2, and I lived at 4. . . . We've been together ever since we were 5.

I think he's done an amazing job to keep it all together, especially without Welch. I don't think anybody in this league thought they could sustain it.

The Bridges of Madison County .

It was in their friendship they just wanted to run forever, shadow and shadow.

He keeps things relaxed. I've known Hubbard since we were with the Cubs [organization] together. He's real good in helping me along with certain situations. We'll talk about what we should do, the approach we can take. Every at-bat is going to be different. He really knows the mental part of the game.

My father was in Ataturk's closest group. They lived together during the War of Liberation in Turkey.